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Celebrating Denefield Friday 23 April 2021
Celebrating Denefield
I hope you are all good and well, and enjoying the sunshine. Once again I
am delighted with how our students have returned after the Easter break,
and how focused and motivated they are. I led this week’s assemblies, and
reflected upon some of the events over the holidays – the meaning of
Easter itself, the passing of Prince Philip and the significance of the Duke of
Edinburgh Award, and the touching story of the runner who helped the
autistic child, which can be found here. The theme of these assemblies was
constant and continual kindness, and I have set our students three kindness
challenges: to greet staff and return staff greetings, to hold doors open, and
to notice other people’s kindness, focusing on saying please and thank you.
These small but important things have such a positive impact on the
happiness of all of us.
From September 2021, the school will have a new website, and a
new logo. After consulting with staff, students, and parents/carers
(via the parents’ forum), the school’s trustees have opted for the kite
as the school’s emblem. The kite mirrors perfectly the school’s
strapline of Success for Life, and our encouragement to all students
to soar. The new logo will go on the school uniform and PE kit. All
other aspects of the uniform and PE kit will remain the same. I do
appreciate that not all parents/carers will want to or can afford to
change the uniform over for September 2021. As a result, students
can wear the uniform with either the old or the new logo until
September 2022, and can wear PE tops with either the old or the
new logo until September 2023.
Finally, I would like to thank all parents/carers for the support they show the school. Like many schools
and other public bodies, we have a code of conduct for parents, carers and visitors. It can be found
here.
I wish you and your households an enjoyable weekend.
Mr E Towill MA (Oxon), Headteacher
Included in this edition...
Diary dates – academic year 2020 – 2021
Monday 3 May Bank Holiday
Tuesday 4 May PPEs start for Years 11 and 13
Thursday 6 May Year 10 Parents’ Evening
Tuesday 18 May PPEs finish for Years 11 and 13
Friday 21 May Year 11 Leavers’ Breakfast and Event
Wednesday 26 May Year 13 Leavers Assembly
Thursday 27 May Year 7x Parents’ Evening
Monday 31 May – Friday 4 June Half Term
Celebrating our Houses…
On the final day of the spring term, each of our four house teams, Langley, Sulham, Kentwood and
Norcot celebrated the achievements of individual students within their houses. Each Head of House
conducted a virtual celebration assembly, ably supported by their ‘roaming reporters’ (Deputy Heads of
Houses and Student Managers) to ensure that the hard work of students was recognised.
It was fantastic to see all of the tutor groups, in all houses in such positive spirits and this was echoed
across the classrooms and corridors of the school as students’ celebrated the achievements of their
peers. There was a fantastic atmosphere around the school, with a healthy dose of competition
amongst tutor groups and between houses. Well done to everyone involved for their collective efforts in
making the assemblies such a fantastic success and well done to all of the award winners. All of the
students should be thoroughly commended for their ‘can do’ attitude.
House Point Trophy
Throughout the year, all of the achievement points received by students are collected and houses battle
it out to be the proud winners of the house point trophy in July. By April, the table looks like this…
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
Celebrating Sulham
The following Sulham students were recognised in their celebration assembly :
KS3 girls with the most achievement points:
KS3 boys with the most achievement points:
Amelie (S8-GPE) – 40
Kira (S7-RWS) – 34
Zachary (S8-GPE) – 32
Phoebe (S8-EMO) – 31
Corey (S7-RWS) – 29
Lola (S7-RWS) – 26
Freddie (S7-RWS) – 29
Keiandra (S8-EMO) – 25
George (S7-BVT) – 28
Caitlin (S7-RWS) – 23
Michael (E8-EMO) – 28
Edie (S8-EMO) – 23
Finley (S8-GPE) – 26
Micah (S7-BVT) – 23
Riley (S7-RWS) – 26
Anya (S7-BVT) – 22
Zack (S8-GPE) – 26
Niamh (S7-BVT) - 22
Alfie (S8-GPE) – 25
Ollie (S7-RWS) - 25
Celebrating our Houses…
Celebrating Sulham
KS4 girls with the most achievement points:
Ellie-May (S10-JNE) – 26
Isabella (S10-JNE) – 25
Sophie (S10-ADN) – 22 KS4 Boys with the most achievement points:
Teagan (S10-JNE) – 21
Aaliyah (S10-ADN) – 20 Jordan (S10-JNE) – 25
Lucy (S10-JNE) – 19 Rahim (S10-JNE) – 19
Mia (S10-JNE) – 18 Johan (S10-JNE) – 17
Frankie (S10-JNE) – 17 Jonathan (S10-ADN) – 14
Julia (S11-AMR) – 16 Daniel (S10-JNE) – 11
Sophie (S11-AWR) - 16 David (S10-JNE) – 11
Kacper (S11-AWR) – 11
Corben (S10-ADN) – 10
Warren (S10-ADN) – 10
Zachary (S11-AMR) – 10
Celebrating Langley
The following Langley students were recognised in their celebration assembly :
KS3 girls with the most achievement points
Sophia (L7-SBE) – 35 KS3 boys with the most achievement points
Ella (L7-MOL) – 30
Courtney (L7-SBE) – 29 Dexter (L7-MOL) – 34
Casey (L7-SBE) – 27 Connor (L7-MOL) – 33
Evie (L8-GPN) – 25 Benjamin (L7-SBE) – 31
Dajuan (L8-CPY) – 24 Adam (L7-MOL) – 28
Evelyn (L8-GPN) – 24 Nacho (L9-NCH) – 28
Alba (L7-SBE) – 23 Timothy (L8-CPY) – 24
Daysi (L8-CPY) – 22 Antonis (L9-DNN) – 23
Pashtana (L8-CPY) - 22 Josh (L7-MOL) – 22
Matthew (L9-DNN) – 21
Andy (L9-DNN) - 20
KS4 girls with the most achievement points
Judith (L-MIU) – 22 KS4 boys with the most achievement points
Morgan (L-MIU) – 20
Suranne (L11-EGH) – 17 Callum (L10-LNY) – 24
Georgia (L10-MIU) – 15 Keagan (L10-LNY) – 22
Grace (L11-ATR) – 15 Myles (L10-LNY) – 19
Kaya (L10-LNY) – 15 Glenn (L11-ATR) – 16
Lauren (L10-MIU) – 15 Keaton (L10-LNY) – 15
Maddison (L10-LNY) – 14 Joe (L11-ATR) – 14
Jessica (L10-MIU) – 13 William (L10-MIU) – 14
Lilia (L10-MIU) - 13 Charlie (L10-MIU) – 13
Daniel (L10-LNY) – 13
Nathan (L10-LNY) - 12
Celebrating our Houses…
Celebrating Kentwood
The following Kentwood students were recognised in their celebration assembly :
KS3 girls with the most achievement points
Lauren (K7-CDA) – 45 KS3 boys with the most achievement points
Alara (K7-AHD) – 34
Anna (K7-AHD) – 33 Tyler (K9-JMN) – 29
Ella (K7-AHD) – 28 Ben (K7-CDA) – 23
Tiana (K7-AHD) – 28 Ethan (K7-CDA) – 23
Bella (K7-AHD) – 27 Nathan (K7-CDA) – 23
Daisy (K7-CDA) – 25 Dexter (K8-SET) – 21
Lily (K8-SET) – 25 Daniel (K8-SET) – 20
Isabel (K8-SET) – 22 Rocco (K8-SET) – 20
Kaitlin (K8-SMP) - 22 Reid (K7-AHD) – 19
Elson (K7-CDA) – 18
Joe (K7-CDA) - 18
KS4 girls with the most achievement points
Kelsey (K10-CSH) – 31 KS4 boys with the most achievement points
Chloe (K10-NMR) – 26
Megan (K10-CSH) – 21 Sorrab (K10-CSH) – 21
Neve (K10-CSH) – 19 Toby (K10-CSH) – 17
Millie (K10-CSH) – 18 Lucas (K10-NMR) – 16
Anna (K10-CSH) – 17 Jack (K10-NMR) – 12
Felicity (K10-NMR) – 16 Daniel (K10-CSH) – 11
Bethany (K10-NMR) – 15 Jake (K10-CSH) – 11
Ella (K10-CSH) – 15 Dylan (K10-NMR) – 9
Isabella (K10-CSH) - 15 Adam (K11-GRW) – 8
George (K10-NMR) – 8
Andrew (K10-CSH) - 7
Celebrating Norcot
The following Norcot students were recognised in their celebration assembly :
KS3 girls with the most achievement points
Yuvleen (N8-IIN) – 44 KS3 boys with the most achievement points
Sophie (N8-IIN) – 40
Sophie (N8-TAS) – 32 Oscar (N7-MMC) – 33
Briony (N7-HHH) – 31 Geny (N7-HHH) – 27
Mim (N7-HHH) – 31 Joseph (N8-TAS) – 27
Naomi (N8-TAS) – 28 Callum (N7-HHH) – 26
Viki (N7-HHH) – 28 Cameron (N7-MMC) – 21
Lily (N7-HHH) – 25 Daniel (N8-TAS) – 21
Lilly (N8-TAS) – 24 Solomon (N8-TAS) – 21
Lillie (N8-TAS) - 23 Joshua (N8-TAS) – 20
Caden (N7-MMC) – 18
Sonny (N8-IIN) – 18
Celebrating our Houses…
Celebrating Norcot
KS4 girls with the most achievement points
Livvy (N10-AMI) – 25 KS4 boys with the most achievement points
Amy (N10-AMI) – 23
Lindsay (N10-AMI) – 21 Samuel (N10-CTS) – 23
Sophie (N10-AMI) – 19 Jude (N10-CTS) – 20
Julia (N10-CTS) – 17 Rayhain (N10-CTS) – 19
Lucy (N10-AMI) – 15 George (N10-CTS) – 18
Tegan (N10-AMI) – 13 Kian (N11-MRN) – 12
Emma-Shae (N10-AMI) – 12 Reece (N10-CTS) – 12
Olivia (N11-MRN) – 12 Archie (N10-CTS)- 10
Joanna (N10-CTS) - 11 Breandan (N10-CTS) – 10
Luis (N11-MRN) – 10
Jamie (N10-AMI) - 9
Top award tombola
The TOP (Today’s Outstanding Pupil) awards have been in full swing throughout this academic year,
with students and staff alike enjoying the opportunity to recognise Year 7 and Year 8 students in every
lesson. This term, the TOP awards were rolled out to all years across the school. As promised to
students, the name of every student who received a TOP award by their teachers were placed in the
end of term ‘TOP award tombola’ with the chance to win a £10 Amazon gift voucher.
Lucky winners from each year group were randomly
selected using our electronic Denefield Top Award Tombola.
The students who received their gift vouchers were:
Year 7 – Alba
Year 8 – Matthew
Year 9 – James
Year 10 – Amy
Year 11 – Olivia
We continue to look forward to recognising all the fantastic
work that our students are producing day in, day out and we
look forward to another TOP award Tombola at the end of
the summer term.
Celebrating our curriculum… This edition’s subject area is… We’re busy, busy, busy in art right now, and the department is a hive of activity! It’s great to see all of our students back from the Easter break. At the moment, Year 7 are finishing off their Indian Kite designs and beginning a new clay project based on Australian Indigenous art. Year 8 are finishing off a drawing project based on Michael Craig Martin, Year 9 are making lovely clay sculpture busts, while Year 10 and Year 12 are developing ideas for, and working on final outcomes. Our wonderful Year 11 and Year 13 students are all working very hard to complete their coursework portfolios in time for marking, just before half term in May. Students are working in their sketch books, making sure drawings, experiments, artist research pages, compositional ideas, and final outcomes are completed in time. Or deadlines are 19 May for GCSE and 20 May for A level. This year we have some very exciting outcomes, including a life size version of Saint Sebastian, some fantastic portraits, and some lovely sculptural pieces made from plaster and resin.
Celebrating our curriculum…
Celebrating our curriculum…
Year 10 Architecture Club
Calling all budding architects in Year10… Mr Nicholls will be
running an afterschool architecture club for Year 10 students
after May half term in the Art and Design Technology
departments. During the sessions we will be working on a
national schools architecture project, run by the RIBA (Royal
Institute of British Architects). The RIBA have chosen eight
secondary schools across the country to take part in the project,
and we will be representing the South West of England.
During the project we will be reviewing RIBA books and publications, and will be designing a futuristic
housing estate, including front elevations, and urban planning layouts. There will be opportunities to
discuss ideas with practicing architects (virtually), and we aim to visit a major architects practice in
London or Birmingham in the Autumn (COVID permitting). All interested Year 10 students should see
Mr Nicholls before half term to express an interest. We will require 12 students for the project.
Other news…
A note from the library
A new web app!
The school library has switched from Eclipse to Accessit and has a
fantastic new web app!
There is video user guide on the
homepage: https://uk.accessit.online/dnf00
To log in to your personal library account, click on the top right
where it says ‘guest’ and click the blue button ‘login via SSO’. No
need for passwords as it's synced with your school log in with RM
Unify! (You may need to log in to https://www.rmunify.com/ first,
then simply click on the Accessit tile.)
Opening information
The library is currently a Sixth Form space and,
unfortunately, must remain closed to all other year
groups during the school day for the time being.
However, students can use the library from 2.40pm –
4.00pm to drop-in to do homework or borrow books. The
library opening times will be re-evaluated regularly and
updates will be shared via the newsletter and Satchel
noticeboard.
Borrowing books
Please reserve books online. Reserved books will be delivered to
tutors as soon as they are available. To return items, please post
them in the library books returns box in main reception.
You can also access e-books and audio books
via https://soraapp.com/ online or download the Sora app for free to
your devices. Log in details and a video user guide are on the
Accessit homepage.
If you have any other questions, please contact the librarian, Miss Lloyd via bld@denefield.org.uk.
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Stay in the know!Other news…
‘Healthy Active Me’ with Get Berkshire Active
Get Berkshire Active - Our Mission is to get more people more active in Berkshire.
The aim is to encourage more involvement by all sections of society in sport and
physical activity thereby enhancing personal health and wellbeing and in turn
reducing costs to public health and the health service by promoting active lifestyles
that result in fewer avoidable health conditions.
‘Before the pandemic 2.2 million children in England were living in households affected by any of the
so-called 'toxic trio' of family issues: domestic abuse, parental drug and/or alcohol dependency, and
severe parental mental health issues. These numbers are likely to have swelled, fuelled by families
locked down in close quarters for weeks and months, and an emerging economic crisis adding
pressures on family finances.’ – In the Time of Covid 2020 Children Commissioner Childhood report
Get Berkshire Active are a physical activity charity and the Active Partnership for Berkshire. We are
best placed to provide the support because of the wide range of strategic partners that we work with
and extensive networks that we have.
What is Healthy Active Me and it’s three strands? Healthy Active Me is a programme with three
elements that will target the most disadvantaged young people and families in Berkshire and will act as
a catalyst for increasing physical activity levels. It will:
• provide physical activity kit bags for our most disadvantaged children and families
• deliver Fit, Fed and Read Camps during the school holidays
• provide access to Sport and Physical activity sessions to most disadvantaged children and families
at a reduced cost.
Impact: As a result of Healthy Active Me, physical activity rates for young people will rise in our target
areas. This will lead to significant physical benefits for the young people involved including:
• increased energy levels
• improved sleep
• improved strength, balance movement, motor skills
• this in turn can help to maintain a healthy weight for young people.
It is also likely to result in:
• a reduction in anti–social behaviour by providing diversionary activity
• young people abiding by rules outside the sports environment after encountering rules during
sessions
• developing positive attributes of self-restraint, tenacity, hard work and team-working
• developing friendships with peers who have positive values which will strengthen the young person’s
own beliefs and attitudes
• increased self-esteem and self-worth of participants
• happier and more resilient young people
• improved mental wellbeing.
Please click here for further information on the project or click here to donate.Other News… Information for West Berkshire Council…
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